First Defense eliminates spam in the cloud

A light version of Sendio's Full Defense product is available which will cut down the number of invalid e-mails before they even reach the anti-spam server

Sendio has announced the availability of the Sendio First Defense service. Comprised of elements from the recently announced Sendio Full Defense service, First Defense eliminates 97% of invalid email messages "in the cloud," before they reach existing anti-spam products, enabling those products to regain a portion of their declining effectiveness. Sendio First Defense allows organizations to reinforce their email protection infrastructure without making any changes to their physical environment or user procedures, at a very minimal cost.

"Anti-spam products that leverage content filtering used to be reasonably successful," said Peter Ombres, Sendio chief operating officer. "However, the unwanted email that everyone still calls 'spam' has evolved from being simply high-volume solicitation into malicious scripting attacks trying to compromise systems and data. This abusive email looks exactly like legitimate messages from valid senders so content filtering is hopeless. By offering First Defense as a front-end processor for a company's anti-spam system, we can showcase the effectiveness of Sendio technology, while extending the useful life of the current security investment."

"Sendio products solve the problems of spam better than any other vendor I've come across, and I've had great success implementing their appliance-based solutions for numerous clients," stated Alex Gutierrez, president of Alliance NetSystems, a Sendio channel partner. "But not all my customers are able to replace their current anti-spam systems immediately, and in these instances First Defense is a cost effective option to boost their current email protection. This allows me to demonstrate the effectiveness of Sendio technology, while also sustaining a client's current defenses until they have the opportunity to consider a full Sendio implementation."

The Sendio First Defense service includes 3 of the sender validation techniques, plus an anti-virus scan, that are part of the complete Sendio Full Defense service. Once a First Defense account is enabled, a customer simply points their MX Record to the First Defense service address to redirect the email flow. Messages are quickly processed and, after eliminating obvious invalid messages, First Defense then forwards the remaining messages to the customer's existing anti-spam system. Sendio First Defense is available now on a per-month, no-contract subscription basis, with introductory pricing starting at $25 and free trials available.